An unbeaten half-century by Madhuri Meheta and fine allround show by Sushree Dibyadarshini Prdhan guided Odisha to a 20-run win over Bengal in their fourth Group-E match of the BCCI Senior Women T20 League at Palmyra Cricket Ground in Puducherry today. This was the third win for Odisha, who will take on Rajasthan on February 26.
Electing to bat against Bengal, Odisha compiled a respectable total of 117 for four and they bowled out Bengal for 97. Opening batsman Madhuri anchored the Odisha innings with a 55-ball unconquered 51, which included four boundaries.
Madhuri put on 67 runs for the unfinished fifth-wicket partnership with Sushree, who slammed a 36-ball unbeaten 43 with the help of five boundaries and one six. Among Odisha bowlers, Priyanka Priyadarshini Sahu was most successful, scalping three wickets, while Sushree and Reemalaxmi Ekka picked up a brace each.
SCOREBOARD
ODISHA: Madhuri Meheta (not out) 51, Madhusmita Behera c Aparna b Shubh Lakshmi 8, Sarita Meher (run out) Prativa 4, Pragyan P Mohanty (run out) Prativa 1, Rani Tudu (run out) Mandira 4, Sushree Dibyadarshini (not out) 43; Extras (w-4, b-2) 6
Total (4 wickets; 20 overs) 117
Did not bat: Anjali Singh, Reemalaxmi Ekka, Priyanka Priyadarshini Sahu, Rasanara Parwin, Sujata Mallik
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Madhusmita, 4.4 ov), 2-27 (Sarita Meher, 4.6), 3-32 (Pragyan, 5.6), 4-55 (Rani, 10.3)
Bowling: Shubh Lakshmi 4-0-26-1, N Maji 3-0-16-0, S P Aich 4-0-15-0, Tanusree Sarkar 2-0-16-0, Paramita Roy 4-0-26-0, Gayatri Mal 3-0-16-0.
BENGAL: Paramita Roy (run out) Sushree 24, Dipali Shaw c Rani b Reemalaxmi 0, Prativa c Madhuri b Reemalaxmi 4, Tanusree Sarkar c&b Priyanka 39, Gayatri Mal b Sushree 7, Neha Maji st Pragyan b Sushree 8, Mandira Mahapatra c Pragyan b Priyanka 4, Aparna Mondal (not out) 6, Shubh Lakshmi c Pragyan b Priyanka 0, S P Aich (run out) Rasanara 4, N Maji (Absent Hurt) 0; Extras (lb-1) 1
Total (All out; 19.1 overs) 97
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Dipali, 1.6 ov), 2-11 (Prativa, 3.6), 3-55 (Paramita, 12.2), 4-74 (Gayatri, 14.6), 5-76 (Tanusree, 15.3), 6-86 (Neha, 16.6), 7-88 (Mandira, 17.3), 8-89 (Shubh, 17.5), 9-97 (Aich, 19.1)
Bowling: Sujata Mallik 4-0-14-0, Reemalaxmi Ekka 4-0-19-2, Rasanara Parwin 2-0-10-0, Priyanka Priyadarshini 3.1-0-20-3, Madhusmita Behera 2-0-9-0, Sushree Dibyadarshini Pradhan 4-0-24-2.